CLIMBING Synonyms: 104 Similar and Opposite Words

climbing

verb

present participle of climb

as in scrambling

to move (as up or over something) often with the help of the hands in holding or pulling visitors should use caution when climbing over the wet rocks along the shore

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as in rising

to move or extend upward smoke from the cabin climbing in the still mountain air

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as in increasing

to become greater in size, extent, volume, amount, or number complaints to the cable company climbed after the changeover

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Recent Examples of climbing With prices climbing faster than paychecks, small changes to everyday spending can help stretch your budget. — Dan Avery, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026 Go plays Park Hyun-tae, an executive director in Chronic Motors’ Seoul office who has come back from the company’s European headquarters after climbing the corporate ladder at a young age. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Oct. 2026 Residents are dealing with climbing rent and housing costs, rising utility bills and buckled streets and sidewalks. — ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026 Temperatures will generally start in the upper 50s and lower 60s before climbing into the lower and middle 80s. — Michael Autovino, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026 Fall temperatures are climbing in Kansas City again Tuesday, with warmer-than-normal weather expected through the weekend, the National Weather Service says. — Kansas City Star, 20 Oct. 2026 The picture wasn’t of a crash but of a steady, gently climbing line with an anomalous hump in the middle. — Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026 In August, the cryptocurrency snapped its losing streak, climbing from roughly $63,000 to $77,000. — Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2026 Investment has fallen about 1% in the first half of this year amid climbing interest rates. — Tim Lister, CNN Money, 19 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for climbing

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Wait for the rows in front of you to get up and head to the exit, rather than scrambling to snatch your items from the overhead bins and just crowding the aisle.

— Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026
So states have been scrambling since the notifications began going out Tuesday to figure out where the DOJ plans to be.

— Miles Parks, NPR, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of scrambling

Verb

Fighting autocracy and inequality The Ford Foundation frames its new plan as its answer to rising autocracy, widening inequality, and fading public trust.

— Sydney Lake, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
This was in 2024 and 2025, when the AI craze was in full swing and Claude and ChatGPT adoption was rising.

— Brian Jenney, IEEE Spectrum, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of rising

Verb

Beyond domestic challenges, CATL is also scrambling to build more plants in Europe to avoid running afoul of increasing EU protectionism.

— Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 21 Oct. 2026
While the disease remains more common among women over 50, diagnoses among younger women are increasing, prompting cancer specialists to encourage earlier conversations about individual risk.

— Melissa May, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of increasing

Verb

And even locally, there’s a distinct difference between this season and last season, when the Magic had just traded for Desmond Bane and fans were giddy about the possibilities of a young, ascending team.

— Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026
The single begins with Timothée Chalamet humming before ascending into the war chant.

— Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of ascending

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Compton and Clark weave a folksy Celtic score, packed with thigh-slapping drinking songs, ethereal ballads and soaring earworms.

— Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026
Feldstein Soto was bogged down by scandal and soaring civil liability costs for the city.

— Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of soaring

Verb

With Russia's accelerating orbital forays, the clock appears to be ticking.

— Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 27 Oct. 2026
The Assisi gathering came as the Vatican is accelerating its humanitarian efforts for Ukraine following the entry into effect of a localized cease-fire in the devastated southern Ukrainian city of Oleshky.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of accelerating

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The performance of hydrocarbons must be considered as part of a wider system that is simultaneously scaling clean electricity input and improving efficiency across the value chain.

— H.E. Dr Abdulla Saif Al Jarwan, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
For São Paulo, Paulino moved from watercolor on paper to painting on canvas, scaling her drawings up to nearly 9 feet by 20 feet.

— Tatiane de Assis, ARTnews.com, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of scaling

Verb

The reduction in missions lifting off from Florida has slowed Falcon 9's Starlink launch cadence considerably.

— Josh Dinner, Space.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Record-high diesel prices pushed freight off the highway and onto the railroads in the third quarter, lifting CSX, Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern to record revenue.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2026